Current England side is better than 2005 one
In the Guardian , Mike Brearley compares this England side to the one that won the Ashes in 2005, and the current squad comes up trumps, though he prefers Michael Vaughan to Andrew Strauss as captain because the former had more flair
Dustin Silgardo
25-Feb-2013
In the Guardian, Mike Brearley compares this England side to the one that won the Ashes in 2005, and the current squad comes up trumps, though he prefers Michael Vaughan to Andrew Strauss as captain because the former had more flair. He says Graeme Swann, James Anderson and Matt Prior are England's three key assets.
I think one would want Michael Vaughan, Marcus Trescothick, Andrew Flintoff and Steve Harmison. Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen were in both sides. The rest of the team would be Alastair Cook, Matt Prior, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann and Jimmy Anderson. Which suggests a five to four balance in favour of this year's side. Note that such a selection omits Andrew Strauss, Jonathan Trott, Tim Bresnan, Chris Tremlett and Eoin Morgan.
Dustin Silgardo is a former sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo